Researchers have achieved a new level of control over the atomic structure of a family of materials known as halide ...

But recently-graduated RPI materials science Ph.D. student Ru Jia and her lab fellows grew crystals through carbon buffer ...

Controlling the arrangement of atomic vacancies offers a new way to adjust electronic, magnetic, thermal, and hydrogen storage properties in crystalline materials. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Atomic ...

No one can control the weather, but certain clouds can be deliberately triggered to release rain or snow. The process, known ...

The ability to predict crystal structures is a key part of the design of new materials. New research shows that a mathematical algorithm can guarantee to predict the structure of any material just ...

Only one side of a silver crystal has the right structure to trigger ice formation, revealing how these particles help clouds ...